Can participating in games based learning improve mathematic skills in students with intellectual disabilities?

2011 IEEE 1st International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Brown, David Joseph ^a   Ley, James ^a   Evett, Lindsay ^a   Standen, Penny ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

games based learning; inclusion; independence; intellectual disability; mathematical skills

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUPS; GAMES BASED LEARNING; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MATHEMATICAL SKILLS; WELL BEING;

GAME THEORY; HEALTH; INCLUSIONS; STUDENTS;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84859073641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SeGAH.2011.6165461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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